Jul 11 2012
Sachse Summer Nights June 2012
Its been over a year since I first attended the Sachse Summer Nights Car Show and its time for Sachse to have another summer car show and I was lucky enough to be driving home from work and two weeks ago I happen to see the the car show was going on at the same place as last year.
Sachse Summer Nights Car Show
I was lucky enough to have my point-n-shoot with me so I stopped by and took some pictures. Unfortunately some of my favorites didn’t come out in the low light of the show. So today, I wanted to share with you a few of my favorite cars from the show and over the next few weeks and months I not share more images from the show but actually go into detail about the cars I shot.
1974 Chevy Truck
On the way to a car show I saw this nice looking custom Chevy Pickup
Ford Model A – Rat Rod
A cool looking Ford Model A Rat Rod
Buick Grand National
A nice looking Buick Grand National. These were some of my favorite 80s muscle cars.
Purple Hot Rod
I took this picture on the way over to another car and forgot to go back and take a look at what it looks like.
Custom Paint Job – Custom Dodge Charger
This the insides of a Dodge Charger. Not my favorite car of the show. It had to many neon lights on it. But its got a great paint job.
1970s Ford Truck
A cool looking custom 1970s Ford Truck
1940 Ford Coupe
This is a great looking 1939 or 1940 Ford Coupe.
Barnett Racing – Outlaw Dirt Race Car
This a hand built race car by Barnett Racing and its a sprint car as the name plate says.
Ford Model A
A nice looking primered up Ford Model A hot rod
1973 De Tomaso Pantera
A nice looking 1973 Detomaso Pantera. This is the first one of these I have seen in person and I love these cars.
I talked with the owner and says the cars been on the speed channel and does distance racing in it.
The image didn’t come out to well so I added an old image treatment. I think it came out pretty well.
1955 Chevrolet Nomad
This a great looking Nomad. You don’t see these everyday and that night there were two parked next to each other.
I post process this image with a back and white and filtered out the blue.
1950 Mercury Lead Sled
I love old Mercury Lead Sleds. They look great as a hot rod like this one or as a rat rod. This was was built by the guys at the Sachse Rod Shop.
2008 Chevrolet Truck
This is a cool looking Custom 2008 Chevrolet Truck.
1954 Chevrolet Handyman Station Wagon
This old station wagon was done up in what you might see on a west coast beach. Only thing its missing is the wood paneling.
1952 Chevrolet Rat Rod Truck
This is nice looking Rat Rod. This thing sits low to the ground.
1952 Chevrolet Rat Rod Truck
What I love about these old rat rods is what they do to make their rides unique. This is another image that didn’t come out so I gave it vintage camera look.
1952 Chevrolet Rat Rod Truck
This rat rod has been chopped and customized. The owner even put the radiator in the back of the truck and pulled the bed up so it looks like a flat bed. Another image that didn’t come out so I gave it a vintage camera.
James
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Jul 11, 2012 @ 19:17:12
Wow, James. These are some awesome machines, man. Love that B&W of the Chevrolet Nomad and that Grand National took me back for some fond old memories. A good friend of mine had one and it was a monster.
My fav is the Purple Hot Rod. Who care what the manufacturer is, that is one mean machine. Must have like 4 coats of paint and 4 coats of clear on it. LOL
Seriously great post, James!
Jul 13, 2012 @ 00:45:50
Thanks, Jimi. That purple beast had so many coats of clear on it that even at night it would shine.